Sir George St George, knight, of

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(born by 1640 – died December 1713) was an Irish

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. He represented Carrick in the

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from September 1703 to his death, sitting alongside his nephew

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. He was the younger son of Sir George St George, knight, of

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and Katherine Gifford, brother of

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, and grandson of Sir Richard St George, Clarenceux King of Arms. John Burke and

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, ''A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England'', London 1838, p. 461 (online at

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) On 18 December 1666 he was granted over in the

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of Dunmore,

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and Tiaquin,

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. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hannay, 2nd Baronet, and died in October 1711, having had issue: *

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, who married Anne Eyre and died without issue in 1726 * George, died unmarried * Jane, who married

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, and had issue ** St George Ashe, died in January 1721 ** Elizabeth, wife of Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet and eventual sole heiress of her grandfather George St George. * Catherine, who married Charles Crowe and had issue ** Sackville Crowe, died unmarried * Elizabeth, wife of William Parsons, 2nd Baronet, died without issue in February 1739 * Lettice * Emilia, wife of Robert Carleton, died without issue.John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall, ''The Peerage of Ireland'', Dublin 1789, vol. III, p. 284 (online at google books) His sister Eleanor (died 1713) was the wife of Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet.

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Swift gives his death date as December 1711 ‘Yes, yes, Sir George St.George dead.’ Journal for Stella, Letter 38, 8 January 1711 {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint George, George 1713 deaths Year of birth uncertain Irish MPs 1703–1713 17th-century births Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Leitrim constituencies People from Dunmore, County Galway